Hans van Rietschote
Former Technical Advisor, QLAYER BVBA
Member of the Technology Council
Council Member Biography
Hans van Rietschote formerly was the Senior Director of the Technology Scouting Group at Symantec. Since the last 10 years, he had been working at Symantec (and VERITAS). In this role he scouted out thousands of technology companies that were or could have been of interest to Symantec/VERITAS. Hans continues to monitor the top 10 technology trends that will have a serious impact on the software industry. Before that, he spent more than 10 years at AT&T Bell Labs. He also held Advisor positions at Sonasoft Corp., BlueGem Security, Socialtext Inc., and Transitive Corp. Hans' expertise lies in the areas of SaaS, Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Cloud Storage, Virtualization for both the Enterprise data center and the desktop, Enterprise and Consumer Security, Enterprise and Consumer Backup and Enterprise and Consumer Storage technologies. He currently is or was on the technical advisory boards of several companies including SonaSoft, BlueGem Security, Qlayer, SocialText, Panta Systems, and Transitive. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 2007 - 2008
- Technical Advisor, QLAYER BVBA
- 2005 - 2007
- Technical Advisor, PANTA SYSTEMS, INC
- 1999 - 2009
- Senior Director, SYMANTEC CORPORATION
- 1996 - 1999
- International Business Development Director, Origin Technology in Business
- 1994 - 1996
- Software engineering Research Department Head, KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
- 1980 - 1994
- several from 5ESS Software engineer to Account dir, ALCATEL LUCENT
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Carriers running scared of Google (voice)
July 28, 2009
Hans van Rietschote, Former Technical Advisor, QLAYER BVBA
Apple Silences Google Voice On the iPhone | theappleblog.com
Carriers are running scared of Google entering their market with Google Voice. They are trying to block the Google Voice app for the iPhone but they don't seem to bother with the Android phones or the blackberries. Why is this?
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As the Twitter security breach and Sarah Palin's email account show: passwords are evil!
July 16, 2009
Hans van Rietschote, Former Technical Advisor, QLAYER BVBA
Lessons from Twitter's security breach | news.cnet.com
Passwords are evil: they are either easy to guess or the password recovery service allows the hacker easy access, as was shown by the Twitter "security breach" and the break-in into Sarah Palin's yahoo email address. But there are companies out there solving this problem, one of them is a stealth start-up...
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Why has Yahoo allowed themselves to become the RC Cola of search?
July 16, 2009
Hans van Rietschote, Former Technical Advisor, QLAYER BVBA
Chrome vs. Bing vs. You and Me | www.nytimes.com
Companies providing only Internet search do not have a long lifespan. Microsoft's main interest in acquiring Yahoo was not their Internet search technology but rather to use them in their fight against Google.
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Less desktops being sold but more netbooks/laptops being sold, what is going on?
July 14, 2009
Hans van Rietschote, Former Technical Advisor, QLAYER BVBA
Desktop PC Sales Decline For the First Time Since 2001 | gizmodo.com
PC desktop sales in Q1 2009 declined 8.1% compared to Q1 2008. And this is not due to the recession because sales of notebook PCs (laptops and netbooks) are up 11.7% for the same quarter. So what is going on?
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GLG Study Groups with Hans van Rietschote(?)
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Series Experts | 59 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Series Experts (North America) | 55 |
| Security Software Sellers (North America) | 202 |
| Network Security Solutions and Services Sellers | 118 |
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